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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dethklok" data-source="post: 6258571" data-attributes="member: 6746469">You're describing something fundamentally more complex than a system containing only rule zero.If you want a game without even rule zero, this system would be even simpler, yes, but to me you have the definition of a freeform storygame there, rather than an rpg. And in any event, once we admit that a system without rule zero is simpler, then we still find that, at the simplest level of complexity, there is only one system.Well, I do agree that a better ruleset will require less changes or improvisation than a worse one, and... I can honestly say I've never broken a rule in the system my gaming group made. So if all you want to say is that rule zero is a red flag, that doesn't bother me. But seriously, Sword, the rules aren't what runs the game. The GM is. And understanding this, I don't see how rule zero could ever be seriously denigrated. Even Gygax <a href="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20110719" target="_blank">understood</a> this:“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don’t need any rules.”  –Gary GygaxNaw, man, that's fine! I was just curious. I hate D&D.</blockquote>